Isn't this a week-old article that was published before we got the Russians to agree to the same limitations? Three days after this article was published President Obama and Russian President Medvedev signed an arms reduction pact that would cut the world's largest nuclear arsenals by two-thirds.

It seems to me that to get the only two countries with significant nuclear arms arsenals to agree to reducing the number of warheads each would have to an equal number, about two-thirds less than exist now, is a pretty significant accomplishment.

The United States and Russia have 90 percent of the world's nuclear weapons, a legacy of the Cold War. President Obama and Russian President Medvedev also had discussions regarding Iran's stated intent to arm itself with nuclear weapons. Noting that Iran hasn't responded to different proposals, Medvedev said, "We cannot turn a blind eye to this."

On the other hand, if one believes that our foreign policy would be best based on threatening other countries with our ability to instantaneously turn them to ashes, then maybe it's not so good an idea.

There's still a chance that our politicians can overturn this treaty. It has to be ratified by the Senate. It'll be interesting to see which Senators stand up against the treaty. More interesting will be their reasons why.

Let me make a prediction: all the Republican Senators will vote NOT to ratify the treaty. But we'll all struggle trying to understand why...other than to do so would embarrass President Obama.